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CUTWORMS (iToctuidae) 
Arizona. T. C. Berber (May 29): The most drastically injured cotton observed 
on a survey around Safford was a field where cutworms were working. It 
was located about 3 miles west of Safford and consisted of 50 acres of 
cotton seedlings, of which the western half of the field was destroyed 
100 percent, while the eastern half of the field had a good stand. The 
outbreak had evidently started along the entire western edge of the field 
and the worms had steadily advanced along the cotton rows to the center, 
destroying every cotton plant as they advanced. The line of demarcation 
at the point of farthest advance was plainly visible from the road, about 
150 yards distant. Specimens of the cutworms were collected out of the 
soil along the edge of the line of injury, and considerable fresh damage 
was visible, indicating that the worm advance was still in progress. 
All cutworms collected were evidently nearly fully grown, however, and 
apparently they were about ready to pupate, This indicated that the 
damage would soon decrease. 
Egypt. A. H. Rosenfeld (June S) : The principal entomological feature here 
for May was the appearance of rather large numbers of eggs of Prodenia 
sp. in the northern Delta, during the record-breakingly sustained hot 
spell of the last week, with smaller numbers, as usual, in the more 
southerly Delta. In Upper Egypt, also, there were sporadic cases of 
oviposition, but damage is seldom serious south of Cc.iro. Under the 
supervision of Government inspectors and with the cooperation of the 
planters, hand picking has been apparently effectively carried out and 
few worms are at present in evidence. 
PIKK BOLL WORM ( pectinophora gossyplella Saund. ) 
Texas. ,R. E. McDonald (May 27): Both of the trap plots at Castolon are 
now blooming. The first part of the week a pink boll worm was found in 
a bloom from the Cartledge plot. The plots at Presidio have not yet 
begun blooming; however, L. B. Coffin found a few blooms, none of which 
were infested, in stub cotton on two farms. 
DOLL WORM (He liothis obsoleta Fab.) 
Louisiana, W. E. Hinds (June 7): This morning I received complaints from 
a cotton grower located about lU or 15 miles from Baton Rouge regarding 
a heavy outbreak of cotton boll worm in his young cotton. Most of these 
worms are from one-half to two-thirds grown, with very few full-grown 
worms present. Bolls are beginning to reach the half-grown stcgo. This 
outbreak occurs in an area poisoned several times earlier for boll weevil 
control and whore weevil control has been satisfactory, 
COTTON LEAF WORM ( Alabama a rgillac ea Ebn. ) 
Texas. H. J. Reinhard (June 22): Since May 23 the cotton leaf worm has Con- 
tinued to increase and spread in the southern counties of the State. By 
June 15, cotton plants were being ragged. Poisoning operations are under 
way in the vicinity of Corpus Christi, Gregory, Taft, cod Rob st own. The 
present northernmost report of occurrence for tho insect in Texas is 
Williamson County. 
